User guide

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BreezeNET DS.11b User’s Guide
Manual Version 1.0
Introduction
Once your network has been configured and installed, you can use BreezeNET
software tools to:
! Monitor the performance of your network;
! Verify optimal placement of your Base Stations and wireless stations.
You are advised to verify the performance of your network on a regular basis, as
performance may change when wireless stations are relocated, or office
environments add or re-arrange cube walls, or when new equipment is installed
that might interfere with the wireless communication.
BreezeNET Tools
The BreezeNET software suite offers two tools that enable you to monitor
your network:
! Client Manager
! AP Manager
Client Manager
The Client Manager has been designed to monitor the radio performance of
your network on-site. You can use this program to:
! Run dynamic radio communication diagnostics with the Base Station within
range of your monitoring station.
! Display detailed link test measurement results with the Base Station nearest
your Client Manager station.
The Client Manager is a mobile wireless tool that can only run on a wireless
station (typically a portable device such as a notebook computer).
AP Manager
The AP Manager has been designed to monitor your network from a central
location, e.g. the LAN administrator station.
You can use this tool to display link test measurements between a (remote)
Base Station of your choice and a station connected to the selected Base
Station.
The AP Manager tool can run on both wired stations (Ethernet) and wireless
stations. To run diagnostic measurements, the LAN administrator station must
be connected to the network infrastructure that allows the station to access the
Base Station using the TCP/IP protocol.